Stardate 20010829.0855 (On Screen): Fearless Leader pushed through a huge tax cut and it now appears (as if it wasn't always obvious) that it was too great and didn't leave enough money behind to balance the budget (though only by a matter of $10 billion). But ever playing the political game, Bush says that Congress will just have to exercise budgetary discipline to make sure the budget is balanced (oh, and by the way, please increase defense spending while you're doing so). Congressional Democrats, equally playing the political game, are saying that Bush can't have the defense increase he wants because he already gave away the money. Of course, one of the best ways to decrease defense spending would be to allow DOD to close a lot of bases that it says it neither wants nor needs. How much you want to bet that isn't how Congress does it?
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